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Is this equivalent to "Is fear maith é"? I don't really understand the structure of this sentence (regarding the word order and the presence of 'ea' together with 'é'), so I'd appreciate if someone could explain it.

Use of the copula can be complex; this page provides thorough explanations. The structure of the sentence above puts the emphasis on fear maith, in the same way that the tone of voice in “He is a good man.” would in English — that is, he is a good man, rather than whatever other description of him is being considered.

How is this in the section on question words? The tips page should have had way more information in it. I'm having to get all my understanding off of the discussion pages, so thanks to all of you who know what you're talking about for sharing with the rest of us.

As I understand it, ea is an old neuter pronoun (it). We see it in * Is ea / 'S ea and ní hea Roughly: "That's it" and "That's not it". It is used with copular constructions as a fronting tool, to add stress. So Is fear maith é is the baseline, but to stress the subject you could have Fear maith is ea é* (He is a GOOD MAN).

Compare
Is duine deas é He is a nice PERSON

Is deas an duine é He is a NICE person

Duine deas is ea é He is a NICE PERSON (It's a NICE PERSON that he is)

Is maith an duine é It's a GOOD man (that) he is

If I've got this wrong, I'm sure someone will help us all by jumping on it.